VanEck's Gabor Gurbacs on Bringing a Bitcoin ETF to Market

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Interview location: Skype
Interview date: Sunday 2nd Dec, 2018
Project: VanEck/MVIS
Role: Director, Digital Assets Strategy

The crypto bear market has been felt across the market. From traders to miners, the fall in prices has led many to lose a significant amount of money. The fall in prices has also impacted companies and projects: GigaWatt has filed for bankruptcy, ETCDEV - an Ethereum Classic team has shut down, and many others are facing challenges times.

Institutions have regularly been cited as a potential end to the bear market, yet ICE’s Bakkt has delayed the launch of their Bitcoin settled futures until January 24th ‘19 and the SEC continues to either delay their decision or deny every application for an ETF. Only yesterday, the VanEck application, the remaining open application was delayed until February, the deadline for deciding on the application.

Jay Clayton, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, recently spoke at Consensus: Invest about ETFs, highlighting his and the concerns of others within the SEC. All do not share these concerns, Commissioner Peirce dissented in response to the rejection of the Winklevoss denied application and spoke to The What Bitcoin Did Podcast about her concerns that the SEC is overstepping their mandate, stating “By precluding approval of cryptocurrency-based ETPs for the foreseeable future, the Commission is engaging in merit regulation.”

Gabor Gurbacs, Director, Digital Assets Strategy at VanEck/MVIS shares Hester’s frustration, telling me that America wants a Bitcoin ETF and that A Bitcoin ETF faces a higher bar than other markets. In this interview, we discuss the VanEck application, why market manipulation is not unique to Bitcoin and the unfair standards by which the SEC treats Bitcoin.

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Timestamps:
00.03.39: Intro and welcome
00.04.41: Gabor’s background, how he discovered Bitcoin and came to VanEck
00.11.03: VanEck history including building products
00.20.19: ETP 101
00.28.08: Trading style of institutions
00.29.39: The infrastructure of an ETF
00.38.05: The mandates of The SEC and The CFTC
00.47.15: How manipulation is not unique to Bitcoin
00.52.41: Specifics of the VanEck SolidX ETF application
00.56.55: The high bar that Bitcoin ETFs have with The SEC
01.03.17: What happens if The SEC rejects the VanEck application
01.04.36: How people can stay in touch with Gabor

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Gabor:
- On Twitter @gaborgurbacs
- On LinkedIn

Follow VanEck:
- Website
- On Twitter

News about the application:
- Coindesk: SEC Again Delays Decision on VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF
- Coindesk: VanEck, SolidX Unfazed By SEC Bitcoin ETF Delay
- Cryptoslate: SEC Releases New Memorandum on VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF
- Toshi Times: VanEck Director Predicts Bitcoin ETF Could Attract Billions
- The SEC: VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust

Mentioned in the interview:
- Jay Clayton Interview at Consensus: Invest
- Hester Peirce Dissent
- SolidX
- Ludwig Von Mises
- The SEC
- The CFTC
- Hunt brothers manipulate silver market
- Could Switzerland’s Crypto ETP Increase the Chance of a Bitcoin ETF Approval?

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD050: The SEC's Hester Peirce on Regulating Cryptocurrencies
- WBD035: The SEC, ETFs, XRP and Crypto Regulations with Jake Chervinsky
- WBD023: Bitcoin Institutional Investment with Michael Sonnenshein from Grayscale

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